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Chinese jade axe head

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An image of Axe Head. A dark brown opaque diminutive axe head or chisel; one end sharpened and the other hammer shaped. The hole was drilled from both sides. Nephrite, length, 6.1, cm, width, 3.5, cm, 1900-2000 AD. Chinese.

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Axe Head. A dark brown opaque diminutive axe head or chisel; one end sharpened and the other hammer shaped. The hole was drilled from both sides. Nephrite, length, 6.1, cm, width, 3.5, cm, 1900-2000 AD. Chinese.

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  • Accession Number: O.120-1946
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 763 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 77.25kB
  • Exposure time: 1/15
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2008:04:25 14:32:31

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20th Century axe axe-head Chinese drilled Fitz_AA jade nephrite

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